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{{trope}}
▲{{quote box| [[Famous Last Words|That "tears in the rain" bit?]] ["Improv|He made that up himself."}}]
An actor whose fanbase exhibits a noticeably higher percentage of rabid devotion than what is typical of fandom in general, especially given the (usually small) size of said fanbase.
One tell-tale sign that you've got a
Also expect an alarming number of these actors' fans to actually think and act as if the actor really is the characters [[Hey,
Hire enough of these and you have a better basis for a [[Cult Classic]] than any other method. Hire ALL of them and you have the ultimate [[Stoner Flick]]. (Or a [[Cult Soundtrack|viral video]] [[Stupid Statement Dance Mix|remix]], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGzn9tLmGr4#t=0m6s anyhow].) Creators go on a different page. [[I Thought It Meant|Not to be confused with]] actors who ascribe to the beliefs of the [[Church of Happyology]]. Or actors who play a [[Cthulhu Mythos|follower of the Cthulhu Cult]].
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=== Actors sometimes cited as having a "cult" reputation:\\ ===▼
<small>Since there's no real way of measuring this, the following examples are highly subjective, of course.</small>▼
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* [[Woody Allen]]
* Sean Astin aka '[[Rudy]]'
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* [[Richard Belzer]] aka [[John Munch]]
* [[Jack Black]]
* [[
* [[Humphrey Bogart]]
* [[
* [[Marlon Brando]]
* [[Jeff Bridges]]
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* [[Charles Bronson]]
* [[Clancy Brown]]
* [[Reb Brown]] (thanks to ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000|MST3K]]'' and [[The Spoony Experiment
* [[Steve Buscemi]]
* [[Nicolas Cage]]
* [[Bruce Campbell]]
* [[David Carradine]]
* [[
* [[Lon Chaney]]
* [[Lon Chaney]] Jr.
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* [[Sonny Chiba]]
* [[Stephen Chow]]
* [[
* Coluche
* [[Jeffrey Combs]]
* [[
* [[Joan Crawford]]
* [[
* [[Benedict Cumberbatch]] in the United States, though this will most likely change after [[Star Trek (
* [[Tim Curry]]
* [[Bud Cort]]
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* [[Bette Davis]]
* [[James Dean]]
* [[Louis
* [[Robert De Niro]]
* [[
* [[Marlene Dietrich]]
* Divine
* [[
* Marty Feldman
* [[
* [[Nathan Fillion]]
* [[Judy Garland]]
* [[
* [[Summer Glau]]
* [[Crispin Glover]] (one of the definitive examples of this trope.)
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* [[John Hurt]]
* [[Eddie Izzard]]
* [[Samuel L. Jackson]]
* [[Raul Julia]]
* [[Anna Karina]]
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* [[Burt Lancaster]]
* [[Laurel and Hardy]]
* [[
* [[Christopher Lee]]
* [[Juliette Lewis]]
* [[
* [[Traci Lords]]
* [[Peter Lorre]]
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* [[Ron Perlman]]
* [[River Phoenix]]
* [[
* [[Richard Pryor]]
* [[Paul Reubens]]
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* [[Ray Wise]]
* [[Mary Woronov]]
* [[
* [[Lenny Bruce]]
* [[George Carlin]]
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* [[Peter Cullen]]
* [[Dick Gregory]]
* [[
* [[Bill Hicks]]
* [[Andy Kaufman]]
* [[The Kids in The Hall]]: Dave Foley, Kevin McDonald, Bruce McCulloch, Mark McKinney and Scott Thompson
* [[Don
* [[Jerry Lewis]]
* [[Rik Mayall]]
* [[Spike Milligan]]
* [[Monty Python]]
* [[
* [[Richard Pryor]]
* [[Brother Theodore]]
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